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Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Tuazon-Pinto

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE OFELIA TUAZON-PINTO, AND OFFICER-IN-CHARGE/LEGAL RESEARCHER RAQUEL L.D. CLARIN, BOTH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 60, ANGELES CITY, RESPONDENTS.

A.M. No. RTJ-10-2250 (Formerly A.M. No. 08-08-460-RTC) | 2019-10-15

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
No trial judge is ever justified to disobey for the sake of convenience or expediency the rules of procedure instituted by the Supreme Court to safeguard the right to be heard on the part of any of the parties, including the Government, especially in proceedings held for the annulment of marriage, or declaration of the nullity of a marriage.
 
The Case

This administrative case arises from the results and findings by the judicial audit conducted in 2008 on the pending cases of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 60, in Angeles City, presided by former Judge Ofelia Tuazon Pinto. Branch 60 has been...